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Is Development dying in the UK?

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    Is Development dying in the UK?

    Hi guys

    I am a SQL Server Developer but with a couple of years C#. Is development going to die in the UK? will it be outsourced to India/China?

    What does the future hold for us developers?

    Just wanting to decide what route I should take in the coming years...

    thanks

    #2
    Is development going to die in the UK?
    Short answer, no.

    I am very confident for the development market in the future.

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      #3
      Originally posted by RasputinDude View Post
      Short answer, no.

      I am very confident for the development market in the future.
      WRDS

      We may not be the cheapest but we're the best in the world.

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        #4
        There will always be work, it's just whether there's enough to go around.

        Everyone should have a backup (plan B) or some ideas of what they would do if they find themselves on the bench for too long.

        Those on the bench for more than a few months are doing themselves no favours unless they can genuinely afford the time away from working, or are enjoying their time out.

        I recommend they all think long and hard, maybe go permie for a while, or get out of IT altogether. It'll be good for you, and those of us still chasing the contracts.
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          #5
          Originally posted by Churchill View Post
          WRDS

          We may not be the cheapest but we're the best in the world.
          You should see the tulip pile I am working on just now, ot the last tulip pile I worked on or the ones before that. The evidence suggests to me that we are not the best in the world.

          Our management is just as much to blame, every system I seem to work on was the brainchild of a couple of idiot permies who totally cocked it up now they have to hire in highly skilled contractors to do the simplest things, but then that is what you get when the people who run the projects have no technical skills.

          Right, back to the tulip pile.

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            #6
            I follow Minestrone around, clearing up.

            It's a job for life




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              #7
              Originally posted by Churchill View Post
              WRDS

              We may not be the cheapest but we're the best in the world.

              Hard Brexit now!
              #prayfornodeal

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                #8
                Is there still a Development market in the UK (apart from legacy and niche)?
                Guy Fawkes - "The last man to enter Parliament with honourable intentions."

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                  #9
                  I think we will be a nation of integrators soon

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Alf W View Post
                    Is there still a Development market in the UK (apart from legacy and niche)?
                    Property Development is huge apparently.

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